PowerDsine PowerView, User Manual

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Web Manager User Guide 2. Introducing PowerDsine PowerView
Version 2.1 7 March 2003
2 Introducing PowerDsine PowerView
2.1 Overview
PowerDsine PowerView is a management system for complete monitoring and
control of PowerDsine’s Power over LAN (PoL) Midspans, via an SNMP
manager or remote network management station. The system provides direct,
on-line power supervision, configuration, monitoring and diagnostics of
PowerDsine products, via their SNMP agents.
2.2 Features
PowerDsine PowerView provides a number of unique features for PoL
Midspan management:
! ! ! ! Web-based application for remote management of Power over LAN™
devices
! ! ! ! SNMP management capabilities for network element management
! ! ! ! Configuration using graphical representations of remote device
! ! ! ! Real time monitoring with visual status indicators and alarms
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Events and performance data recording using trap log
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! System status display
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! Real time power parameters, in a flowing graph mode
! ! ! ! Optional DHCP enabled-client
! ! ! ! Runs on a PC platform with Windows graphic user interface (GUI).
2.3 System Capabilities
PowerDsine PowerView can be installed on any PC on the Local Area
Network, providing remote management capabilities of Power over LAN
devices connected to the LAN.
PowerDsine PowerView allows for monitoring and controlling at two separate
levels, as shown in Figure 2-1:
! ! ! ! Network level
! ! ! ! Element level.